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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 620,435, dated February28, 1.899. pplication filed March 18, 1898. Serial No. 674,372. (Nomodel.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, J oHN SAMUEL FISHER, author, a subject of the Queenof Great Britain,residing at 2 Walpole street, Kings road,

Chelsea, London, England, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in or Relating to Trousersk or Breeches, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to trousers or breeches, and has for its objectto provide a garment which although in the general form of trousers yet'has to a great extent the appearance and comfort of riding breeches orknickerbockers-t'. e., knee-breeches for cycling, horse-riding, tc-and,besides, has a novel and attractive appearance and may be utilizedeither for mens or womens wear.

In order that my present invention may be easily understood and readilycarried into practice, I will proceed to fully describe same withreference to the drawings hereunto annexed.

Figure l is a front view of a garment, trousers-breeches, made accordingto my present invention. Fig. 2 is aside view of same. Fig. 3 representsa man wearing these trousers-breeches for cycling. Fig. 4 representsthese trousers-breeches on a man wearing top-boots, thus showing theadaptability of the invention for use with top-bootsfor riding purposes.Fig. 5 shows these trousersbreeches for ladies wear, either with orwithout a skirt, the latter being shown in dotted lines.

From the waist c down to the knee b the garment is made loose or tightiitting, according to taste. Y

The seams c are of the ordinary character as far as just below the knee,where the seam ceases, and according to this invention a llap d isformed here and provided with button# holes d' therein, while the underpart or under flap e is provided withsuitable buttons e', adapted to bebuttoned into said buttonh'oles d'. This Iiap d (or opening at h) onlyextends a short distance downward-such, for instance, as shown in thedrawings-.and then the seam c recommences at c and extends to the bottom,e of the leg of the garment, each leg of the garment beingcorrespondingly formed-71. e., as a counterpart of the other.

In Fig. 1 the right leg of the garment is shown with a part-viz., theflap d-removed at 'x in order to show the under flap e, while in theside view, Fig. 2, the flap dis shown laid back or open.

From the knee downward to the bottom a' of each leg the same may beformed loose or tight tting, as desired, but advantageouslymoderately-tight tting for a space of about live inches, as shown indiagrams, so as to give somewhat the appearance of leggings or gaiters;but in any case that part of each leg of the garment where the flap clis provided ac cordng to this invention is made to iit closely (whenbuttoned) around the top of the calf of the leg of the wearer, and thistight-fitting of each leg of the garment j ust below the knee andextending as far as shown in the drawings prevents the garment fromwriggling up or down the legs of the wearer, whether riding a cycle oron horseback, walkin g, or otherwise. At the same time this tightnessbeing just below the knee leaves the action of the knee-joint perfectlyfree.

Instead of buttoning the flaps d and e together, as aforesaid, I mayjoin same by elastic, as in knee-breeches, gloves, &c.

If desired, the lower portion of each leg of the garment may be made tobutton farther down than the amount shown in the drawings, or, ifdesired, same maybe buttoned all the way down from b to z, and thus thelower portion of the legs made to fit the wearer tightly (or otherwise)all the way down from below the knee to the bottom z.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

l. As a new article of manufacture, trousers adapted to reach from thewaist to the feet of the wearer, the inner seam being intact the wholelength of the leg, and the outer seam being broken between the knee andthe bottom of the trousers-leg, the said trousersleg having two iiapswhere the outer seam is discontinued, and means for fastening saidlflaps together, substantially as described.

2. As a new article of manufacture, trouwith buttons and buttonhoies,respectively, sers adapted to reach from the Waist to the for fasteningthe tWo together, substantially lo feet of the wearer, the inner seambeing inas described. tact the Whole length of the leg, and the outer 5seam being broken between the knee and the JOHN SAMUEL FISHER' bottom ofthe trousers-leg, the said trousers- Witnesses: leg having two flapsWhere the outer seam is VALTER J. SKERTEN, discontinued, the said iapsbeing provided H. BIRKBECK.

